Post by @foufoutos@kafeneio.social

UK outlet The Canary suspends operations after second bank account blocked
The Canary has suspended operations after it said Metro Bank blocked access to its account, leaving the left-wing outlet unable to pay some staff for August

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026/09/04/canary-debanking-metro/

https://www.newarab.com/news/canary-suspends-operations-after-second-bank-account-block

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Canary

Another Canary bank account has been frozen and our money held

Recent events have created circumstances in which we have been left with no responsible alternative but to suspend Canary operations

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Sozan

@GRA3432@mastodon.world 7 hr. ago

@foufoutos debanking is becoming a serious problem.

Fitheach

@fitheach@mstdn.io 5 hr. ago

@GRA3432 @foufoutos
Now is the time for other news outlets to rally round and show support for journalism. It might be them next.

Sadly, I'm fairly confident that won't happen.

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